Statistical coordinates of organic farming in Romania during the period 2000-2014

• Author: Duguleana L., Duguleana C.
• Pages: 281-290

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series V: Economic Sciences • Vol. 9 (58) No. 2 - 2016

Statistical coordinates of organic farming in Romania

during the period 2000-2014

Liliana DUGULEANĂ1, Constantin DUGULEANĂ2

Abstract: The paper emphasizes the importance of developing organic farming in Romania.

This sector was not affected by the economic crisis, at the end of 2008, neither in Romania,

nor in European Union. The sustainable character of its evolution was doubled by the

benefits and the consequences for a better and healthier life of consumers, in the spirit of

respecting the principles of environmental and life sustainability. The evolutions of organic

areas in Romania in comparison with the level of the European Union, and also of its

proportion in the agricultural land, are presented for the period 2000-2014. Some important

structural characteristics of organic farming in Romania are analysed for 2011 and 2012,

the years when the expansion of organic areas was the highest. These emphasized changes

could be the future factors of organic farming development.

Key-words: organic farming, proportion of organic areas, livestock, crops

1. Introduction

People became more careful about their health now, in the Internet era, when they

can access a large amount of information. The principles of sustainability consider

the food security, food safety, and life in a healthy environment. Organic farming

ensures these requirements of modern life.

Almost all countries have developed organic agriculture. Organic agriculture

does not use pesticides and other synthetic fertilizers and forbids any use of

hormones and antibiotics for livestock growth. The standards of organic agriculture

are ruled by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture

Movements (IFOAM), which was established in 1972 in Germany, as a NGO.

The definition of organic agriculture given by IFOAM refers to its methods

and to its benefits.

"Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils,

ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and

cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse

1 Transilvania University of Braşov, ldugul@unitbv.ro

2 Transilvania University of Braşov, cduguleana@unitbv.ro